COLIN CALDERWOOD has highlighted Newcastle United’s need to win on the road ahead of Saturday’s trip to Watford.

The Newcastle United coach and boss Chris Hughton are in a great position at the top of the table going into the last 14 matches.

However, the former Scotland defender is keen to see the Magpies record their first away win of 2010 – and their first victory since the visit to the Ricoh Arena on December 9.

Reflecting on Newcastle’s impressive position, Calderwood told the Chronicle: “We are where you would want to be, but we still have a bit to do.

“Ideally we would want to do it as quickly as possible.

“We have to continue what we have been doing and we know we have to claim an away victory very soon.

“That is something we have stalled on a little bit.

“If we do that, then we have to take advantage of our home games coming up.

“We are in a good situation, but not one has cemented anything just yet.

“You do not normally win promotion in February, you can win it in March if you are very good. More often then not it is in April.

“The period we have had with lots of midweek fixtures is the congested period, now we have a slight break and then another run of games comes up.

“It is all about coming through those periods and picking up points.

“Last week we took seven out of nine points.

“That makes a big, big difference.”

Calderwood and Hughton did not know earlier in the season whether their next game would be their last.

Thereafter, the former Spurs duo broke down each month of the opening part of the campaign and set ‘mini goals’ to ensure if the club were sold and a new manager came in, they would be leaving United in the best shape possible.

However, the pair, along with a backroom team including Paul Barron and former United man Alan Thompson, did so well they were handed the job on a full-time basis.

Yet Calderwood admits United have not changed all of their philosophy.

He added: “We have had a similar sort of thing.

“We have broken it down into little sections and the aim has been to finish every section at the top of the league.